How to Use birth parent in a Sentence

birth parent

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  • She’s come to Seoul for a two-week visit to seek out her birth parents.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
  • She was adopted because her birth parents didn't have the means to care for her.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 31 May 2024
  • None of her three sisters had tried to find their birth parents, or had even been to Korea.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Alia also has visits with her birth parents four times a year.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Both my birth parents and adoptive parents have all died.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
  • All of Price and Carter’s children now have been adopted by people not related to the birth parents, live out of state and their names have been changed.
    — Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Some had been orphaned or were placed in foster homes when their birth parents became unable to care for them.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Unaware that his foster parents weren't his birth parents, Oedipus ran away from home to Thebes to avoid this tragedy.
    — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • Knowing the birth parents chose them to raise their children was very important to the family.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
  • The siblings’ parents, who knew nothing about their children’s birth parents, were blown away.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • She was sent to an adoption center by her birth parents as an infant and then to France, where she was adopted by a couple.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • On impulse, Freddie decides to track down her birth parents.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The kids had beeb kidnapped by their birth parents, who used a Taser to stun the children's elderly caseworker at a Tucson park.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Trump and Biden administrations have both pressed states to keep a larger percentage of kids with birth parents or kin.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In the series, the spunky Mancunian teen’s search for her birth parents helps to bolster her friendship with the orphan Doctor.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The little girl's birth parents were the couple's best friends but were tragically killed in a road accident.
    — Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • My birth parents were unable to take care of a fragile, premature baby.
    — Nicole Chung, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • As an adult, with the blessing of his adoptive parents, Raymond began searching for his birth parents.
    — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • There is the youngest generation, some of whom have open adoptions and have always known their birth parents, posting on adoptee TikTok.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Children are home-schooled and are often sent to live with families different from their birth parents.
    — Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • Speaking with people my birth parents knew might give me perspective on their feelings.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The birth parents had also reported Pence to child welfare services, which angered him.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Our feeling was that any desire to locate her birth parents needed to be driven by her, not our own interests.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Once 15 months have passed since a child has been removed from their parent, in most cases child welfare agencies must file for termination of the birth parents’ rights.
    — Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • And despite being raised by humans and not having a connection with its birth parents, Strate said the penguin will be able to eventually fit in with the new colony.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Not every story of children reunited with their birth parents is a happy one.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • What started out as a joyful reunion of a young woman with her birth parents soon turned sour, then shocking, and finally deadly.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • What begins as a professional mission shifts to a journey to find Audrey’s birth parents.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • Holly, who grew up in a loving home, was told at an early age that her birth parents loved her but had given her up because of their religious beliefs.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • People were speculating as to whether or not a teenage Carly would want a relationship with her birth parents.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024

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